Autographic register



Apr. 17, 1923.

A. A. WIMMERS AUTOGMPHIC REGISTER Filed Feb. 13, 4 sheets-sheet 1 Apr.`17, 1923. 1,452,453'

A. A. WIMMERS AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Feb. 15, 1920 4 sheets-sheet@ A TTORNEYS.

A. A. WIMMERS AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Apr. 17, 1923.

Filed Feb. 13 192C 4 Sheets-Sheel 3 Apr. 17, 1923. I 1,452,453

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGI STER Filed Feb. 13, 1920 4 sheets-sheet 4 w /VINVENTOR immers, 3,/ g4 4?@ A TTORN E YS.

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.cfan autographic register embodying Athe Present invention;

Patented Apr. 1,7, 1923.

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To all'wlwm t may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST A. Wmirnas, a citizen of the United States, residing atv Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a specic'ation, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to autographic reg# isters, and has for vits particular object to provide an improved autographic register which will be free in its use o certain dificulties which are common to registers `of he type to which'these improvements reate. i

A further diiiiculty eiiperienced with the paper feedin mechanism of autographic registers of t is type consists in tearing of the paper web by' the feeding devices, thel common practice being to use vpa r put u in rolls and having perforated e ges whic are positively engaged by feeding devices to draw the paper -from the roll or rolls .and advance -the same over the writing tablet a predetermined distance at each o u eration. of the register, except when th pllliper tears or -fails for other reasons to nction properl vin its movement through the feedii'i mec anism. y

As state the present invention provides an autographc register having implroved paper feeding traveling means whic Aacts on the body of thel roll or rolls of paper to pay the paper ofi' and enable it;` bein .fed throu' h the machine without risk of eing torn y the feeding devices which act on -the unrolled web or webs.

Other "advanta s of thel improved register relatey to detai s of the mechanism,sim plicity and cheapness of construction, and

ility of arrangement and provided lIn the accompanying drawings, Q

Fig. 1 is a vertical ongitudinalsection -Fi 2 is a lan view of the register'shcwn in Fig. .1, wit .the top cover'plates removed from the casing;

Fig.f3 isa detail view of a type of paper feeding mechanism used on well ownvv t pes of autographic registers and used vin the construction here shown in connection with the improved paper feedingmechanisin of the resent invention;

Fig. 4 -is a etail in cross section showiiig features of the paper feeding mechanism Flgs.' 5' and 6 are detail views, respec- '60 I tively, of the Writing tablet plate and mproved casing cover plate.

-The invention is here shown in a referred form' of construction, but -it will) be understood that various modifications may be -made inthe mechanical details and arrangement without impairing the general efectiveness ofthe mec anism in accom-v plishing the purposes of the invention yand without departing from its underlying principles. i As shown in the drawings the register v cabinet 1' is rectangular-shaped in cross sc ction, and is rovided at one end thereof with a' hinged oor2, the top bf the cabinet 75 bein covered by lates 3, 4 and 5, the plates 4 an 5. respectiv y bein the writing tablet and tablet cover plate, ie latter having a large rectangular-shaped aperture 7 therein. to uncover the worksurface of the tab- 30 letI late 4. p ithin the register cabinet, as here shown, are two. paper. roll supporting shafts 8, mounted to have free vertical movement between. guides 9 which are secured to the 85 opposite side walls of the cabinet, there being two of the ides foreach shaft 8,-one' for each end t ereof. `Cooperating with each shaft 8v and acting to exert pressure therecnin the downward direction are two 9 Springs '12 coiled about the s afts and hav- 95 ingone end anchored to' the cabinet tend to L rotate the arms 10 in clockwise direction and thus to'exert pressure on the shafts 8. Each of. the shafts 8, as here shown, has

mounted thereon a roll of paper 13, having '100 'the outer end of the paper web released and l drawn upwardly over paper guides I4, respectively, and'thence over' the writin tablet 4 into engagement with-.the paper ceding mechanism which will presentlybe described.

From thev foregoing description ofthe paper roll mounting mechanism it 'will be seen that the vpapei'grolls, with lthe gradually. reduced size thereof as the 'registers 'are used,

win be-at au times forced to the limit .of .1170

their movement in the downward direction by the ressure exerted on the paper roll supporting shafts 8 by the yarms 10. In this connection the improved paper feeding mechanism which is the feature of the present invention will now be described.

rfheimproved register here shown is provided with geared paper feeding devices, consisting of a feed shaft which is supported in the sides of the cabinet and extends transversely across the upper forward portion thereof. rThe shaft has. paper-engaging devices secured thereto in the form of two opposite toothed disks or wheels 16, the teeth 17 being secured in the periphery of the disks and evenly spaced to engage equally spaced apertures in alinement therewith in the opposite edges of the paper webs. The shaft and paper feeding devices are operated by a crank 18 which is geared to the shaft by gears v19, 20 and 21', the gear 20 being an intermediate gear to provide for actuating the feed shaft in a `forward direction with the operation 'of the operating handle in the same direction, reverse movement of the mechanism being prevented by an adjustable ratchet device 23. e

rlvhe ratio of the gears 19 and 21 is s uch that the paper web will be advanced substantially the exact distance of one rinted y form or other measured portion of t e web,

upon each operation of the re ister, provisionbeing made by mounting t e intermediate gear 20 on a pivotally adjustable arm .22, to vary the gear ratios by interchanginjgA either or both of the gears 19 with gears of did'erent size, and thus to provide for printed forms of variable lengths.

With 'respect to the foregoing details of the paper feeding mechanism no novelty is claimed in the present. invention, except as to their broad use in combination with the im# proved paper feeding traveling mechanism which will now be described.

Secured to the paper feed shaft 15, intermediate the toothed disks 16, is a Vtoothed disk 24 which is traversed by an endlessv friction traveling element or belt 26, the

belt having evenly *spaced apertures 27 therein adapted to be engaged by the teeth.

A 25 of the disk 24 to positively move the belt forward in its upper travel with the forward movement of the paper web. From the disk 24 the belt travels downwardly over a guide roller'28 extending transversely across-the.

lower ortion of the cabinet, thence in a horizontai) plane to the rear of the cabinet where it passes over a roller 29 which is mounted in an adjustable bracket 30, whereby the tension .of the belt may be regulated.- ln its 'forward travel from the roller 29 the belt passes under the paper rolls 13 having-fric,- tion contact therewith, thence over guide rods 31, substantially parallel with its lower Ycourse under a guide roller .32, and upwardneeaeea ly over the feed disk 24, thus completing the endless path or course of its travel, the belt being in friction contact with the lower paper web as it passes over the disk.

` The disk 24 including the thickness of the belt thereon is substantially equal in diameter to the disks 16. 'lhus the belt in its forward travel will cooperate `with the usual paper feeding devices 16, by means of its friction contact with the paper rolls and with the paper web as it passes over the feeding devices, to more positively feed the paper forward the required distance at each operation of the register.

The belt acts to rotate the paper rolls the exact extent required to unwind therefrom the amount of paper required for the feed, and thus greatly reduces the pull exerted on the paper bythe feeding devices 16, and accordlngly mlnimizes the tendency of the teeth 17 to tear the paper and render the spacing of the paper out of alinement with the writing tablet. rlhe contact of the belt with the paper web adjacent its tearing edge also alds materially in feeding the paper forward evenly and better supports the paper as the slips are torn od.

'l` he plate 3 supported in guides 33 formed 1n the upper edges of the cabinet sides has apaper guide 6, notches 34, for the feeding -p1ns,.a notch 35 for the disks 24 and shoul,

ders 36 to engage adjacent lugs 37 secured to the underside of the plate 5, to lock the late 1n closed position; but thls plate with its peculiarities and the paper guide 6 form no part of my invention, being the invention of Milton C. Stern, and the subject-matter of an application for a patent led by him, July 2nd, 1920, Serial No. 393,489, and assigned to my assignee of this invention and application, The Egry Register Company. "lhe plate 5 is provided with a downwardly inclined forward edge 5 which is immediately adjacent the inclined upper surface of the paper guide 6 and serves as a tearing edge for the paper slips, the paper web or webs 13B, as here shown, passing between thev edge 5 and guide 6. y

The writing tablet 4 is of an improved type, but no nvelty is claimed in connec- -tion therewith inthe present invention ex the front edge thereof for the disk24 and belt 26, clearance slots 4b for the paper feeding disks 16, and supporting lugs 4 adapted to tin the notches 4d in the upper edges of the cabinet to support the writing tabtheir detail arrangement as part of the present invention.

let, being also provided but not claimed in A 1t will be understood from the foregoing detailed description and the illustrations of the drawings that when the cabinet is closed the plates 3, 4, 5 and the door 2 will be interlocked and' that when the door 2 is opened,

` the doorbeing hinged at 2, the plate` 3 may cabinet andthus release the cover (plate 5- be rtially or entirely withdrawn from the which may then be opened,- the li being hin at'5, to release the writing tablet;

4. he writing tablet thus released may be lifted bodily from the cabinet. and thus af- 'ford free access'to the in'terior of the regme in the sense of mechanism which moves along in .a line past the roll or rolls of paper, and engages them to unwind. the paper.

`In-my copending application, filed Feb.'v 13, 1920, Serial No; 358,557, I have set forth and claimed my invention to accomplish this en d in its broadest aspect or in a generic sense, as also in respect of a form of embodiment in which the mechanism for operating the rolls to `unwind tlie paper is in the form of rolls or disks which rotate about their center as distinguished from traveling along in a-line under the rolls in the sense above ointed out..

r I therefore wish to be'understood,thro1ighf the operation of this cross reference las generically claiming my said invention as well as claiming'it in one specific form in my,

said other application', while in this present application, desire to be understood as y clalmmg it in another form of embodiment.

Having thus fully described my invention,

l what I claim as new. a'nd desire to secure by Letters Patent, isz- 1. Inpaper feeding devices, the combination with a paper` roll support, of paper feedingdevices consisting of a shaft and -toothed disks operable thereon oppositely and havmg .means to posititively 'engage the paper web extended, from'sald roll, a tootheddisk mounted on saidshaft inter-l mediate the paper' engaging disks and hav? ing travelin means cooperating therewith to form' frictional engagement with the 4paper' web and cooperating .with said opposite disks to draw the web from,

saidroll. i 2.`In paper feedlng devices, the combination, with a paper.1 0ll supporgjof -paper "feeding devices consisting of a shaft' and oppositely toothed disks operable there- -on' and having means to positively engage thel paper web extended from said roll,

.a toothed disk secured to' said shaft inter- *he Pw ad in paper feeding devices the principle endless band paper pay g endless endlessbelt in engagement with thepaier web and traversing the intermediate isk and cooperating with said ro to draw the pa r web 4from sal 3. In paper ceding-devices, the'combination, witha paper roll support, of paper 'feeding devices consisting of haft and oppositely toothed disks operable thereon and having means to `positively engage the paper web extended from said roll, a toothed disk secured to said shaft intermediate the paper engaging disks, andan endless belt 1n engagement with -and acting to rotate the paper roll thereby cooperating with said oprosit disks to draw the paper web from sal ro 4. An autographic register comprising a l I casing having an opening, a paper su port below the opening, manually operates devices for drawin the paper over the support, apaper rol oil device adapted to engagea pa r rol arranged upon the supporting sha t and to pay oi the paper as it is drawn over the paper support.

' IAn autographic' register comprising a casing having van opening, a paper support -below the opening, manually operated devicesl for iiirawing the paper over the support, a paper roll supporting axle, an endsupporting shaft and an less paper pay oif device adapted to engage a paper roll arranged upon `the supporting axle to pay oif the paper as it is drawn over the paper su port, and means forvarying the *tension o the paper pay off device.-`

6: An autographic .register comprising a casing' having. an opening, a` paper support below the opening, manuallyoperated .de-

vices for drawing the paper over the su ort, a paper roll supporting axle, an en ess band paper. pay oli' device to pay oif the paper from the roll as it'is drawn over the paper support, said supporting aixle being movable with respect to the pay of device whereb to maintain contact of the paper rollwit said pay o device.

'7. An autographic register comprising a casing having an opening, a paper support below the opening, manually operated devices for drawing the paper over the support, a paper roll su porting axle and an and pay o device mounted to travel in a fixed path to pay of the paper from the roll as it is drawn over the apere bef support, said paper roll supporting ing movable with `respect to the pay olf device whereby to maintain the contact of the paper roll with said 'pay o devices.

8. An autographic lregister comprising a l casing having an opening, a'fpaper su port below the opening, manually operates devices for drawing vthe paper-over the support. aplurality of paper supporting axles, and4 a' single pay of device coactng with the several paperrolls mounted 'upon said supporting axles to eeet yuniform pay oft' of the paper web therefrom irrespective of the relative size of the rolls.

9,. An autographic register comprising a casing having an opening, a [paper support below the opening, manually operated devices Jtor drawing;r the paper over the support, a paper roll supporting axle, an endless beltpaper pay otl device positively actuated by said manually operated devices and arranged to engage a roll of paper mounted upon said supporting axle to pay off the papel' as it is drawn overy the'paper support., 10. An autographic'register comprising a casing having an opening, a paper support below the opening, manually operated devices t'or drawing the paper over the support, a paper roll supporting axle, a flexible paper pay off device to pay off the paper as it is drawn over the paper support, said paper feeding device normally contacting a roll of paper mounted upon said supporting axle, and guides for said flexible paper pay od device located adjacent the point of contact of said device with the paper roll.

11. An autographic register comprising a casing having an opening', a paper support belowthe opening, manually operated de- 30 vices for drawing the paper over the supintense port, a paper roll supporting axle, a flexible paper pay off device to pay ed the paper as it is drawn over the paper lsupport, said paper pay o device normally contacting a roll of paper mounted u on said supporting axl e and guides for sai flexible paper pay off device located adjacent the point of contact of said device with the paper roll, said guides constituting supports for the paper roll.

12. ln an autographic register the combination of a casing having an opening and a paper support below the opening, a paper feeding device manually operated to engage and feed a strip ot paper a predetermined amount at each actuation of the actuating device, and a co-acting endless band to rotate the rolls of paper to cause them to pay off the same amount ot the paper as is fed above the paper support. p

13. The combination with a casing having a. paper support, a hand operable actuating shaft. and a feed roller adapted to engage a paper strip and -feed itA over the paper support, a rotatable endless band device and a paper roll supported on and rotated thereby, said rotatable endless band being operated from the actuating7 shaft.

ln testimony whereof l alix my sifrnature.

AUGUST A. "'WlM ERS. 

